Dana Ivgy is a clerk at a military base in the desert. She's a mess. She spends all of her time playing computer games and is the only human to come out of a kibbutz a virgin. As she destroys the career of his commanding officer, Shani Klein, her best friend, Nelly Tagar sends letters asking for reassignment because she is allergic to sand, and goes through Officer Training in an effort to be reassigned to Tel Aviv. Meanwhile Miss Ivgy shreds all the papers in the office and destroys the computer files.
Is this a satire of the military or a black comedy of a foul up? I think it's both. Whether it's because women aren't suited to the military life, the army isn't made for women, or the utter pointlessness of paperwork, writer-director Talya Lavie doesn't seem to feel her time in the Israeli Defense Force to have been the highlight of her life.
Is this a satire of the military or a black comedy of a foul up? I think it's both. Whether it's because women aren't suited to the military life, the army isn't made for women, or the utter pointlessness of paperwork, writer-director Talya Lavie doesn't seem to feel her time in the Israeli Defense Force to have been the highlight of her life.